Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross has given his first full interview of the summer and had plenty of observations.

Speaking from the training camp in Holland, he's said: "When you're not achieving results it's difficult to stay posivie. Finishing 16th is nowhere near where we should should have finished and ultimately it's the players' fault.

"We can't keep changing managers. That approach has not worked.

"We feel we've got a really good, strong, young manager and hopefully we can transmit that on the pitch into results.

"That first block of six, you've got to have some positive results."

I'LL GIVE MY ALL - GREGORY

New striker Lee Gregory is determined to win over supporters from day one and believes his style of play will help do just that.

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